Headlight-controller for vehicles.



L. R. EWART.

HEADLIGHT CONTROLLER FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION HLED mAR.1,191e

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

2 SHEETS--SHEL 2.

' vifle :l headlight controller' which., l.

secliozi, ol' the device for throwing VCitizen of the United Suites, re=Cody` in the count-y of lnrk and '.ifoniing have invent/eil eeriii'i new:nifl

NEED efrirree;

LEWIS R. EV'RT.

., wemrise.

HEADLlG-HT-CONTROLLER .pplicatloi led March 7. 1916.

Y2', all` 'whom tf may (vnr-f rn lle it known thai I. Lewis R.Eisziii'r,

eilt. i9, i916.

Serial No. 82,610

Y wheel Shu'l'" or post; und Fig. (i, :i side YView The object 0f theinvention is to provide. an automobileheadlight controller by ineuns.l

of which the headlight-s are Aziiiloinaticnlly. turned in accordanceivitli the :ingle taken by the frontseer'ingih'heels of theziilt'omobile, thereby Causing the' rari-"s ol' light radiating fromLilie headlights to he direi-teil in. the. coursel being?r followedby'the nutoinobile, in accordance With the poflion of thesteerinlof-wheels.4 which insures the full illumination of that.lportion o the roadway which-is being 'fipiiroiichell und which is being trznfeled over, which 'is much more Satirzietory than the presentarrangement.. coninionly in use in which the henrilighls :ire fixed onthe frontyor chassis ol' the unnime bile.

A further objectl of my invention is; lo giro- Allreciin;y the rays oflight in the direction in which the automobile i5 proceeding. willprevenlV accidents, or :it leest reduce henrrio a minimum degree.

ik further object of my invention 'ro provide :i headlight controllerwhich will be automatically operated bq means, or th rauf-li theiriediiini, of the steering shaft or post..

A still further object isi` to provide ai. headlight controller which'is Simple, ine-i -iensive and durable in construction :inrl

may mijl eleethfe in operation.

Refer ng to the drawings, Figure iop plain `rien'. partly broken :iv: 'gFig. a Side View; Fifi. 3, :i rik-(iii vie :if oni'.

the lieaglliglil the. hemlhglit Fig il. :i side View of me Fig'. 5. a.pliiii View, p21 illy 11,-.

the ha Steeriii,

:rh the light-s out of operation w o the ferire shown in Fig. ii.

li lw l olin-meters lenoif like parts throiiglioii; the sei-'eral views.l represents the usiizil type of Sleen. f-n'hxel iitoiaioliileshaft',providecl willi :i bevel geur 2, :ind 5S a i'erticnllyex- 'grindingsliziit mounted in brackets 4, pio limiting 'l "ii'iairllv from the'frame of lie zintoiiiiibile. and liil'ii-'illefl .with :i bevel gear lnl. i' end which iiieslieS will) the bevel the Steermgnvheel shaft andir T :it its; lower end. A rerlirzillj." exeiiiling bracket S is pro onlie li nine of the aiitoi'nobile. and :i i ainl't is ino-.xhtml therein,having ir lo. which meshes with. .the gezir of the slizif 33.' u lnrfliolf the liriicliels fl inside hollow` as :it ll. and has :i slirlaible'journal. IZ'inun'ted therein. in which is inmintefl 'the shaft 3,

:nul ljf :ire urls for.operitiliglhe said jouir` nd il .spiralspriiigs`which'encircle izili. seid rods and serve to keep Vthe Sliziftf' 'iii.its normal Vposition in yoperiilive relrtjoril 'with the lgeni' of llesteeiingisliif.

The rofl 13 of.v the upper bracket 4 e`x tends rearwarllly 'inl'.o'the.automobile and'is provi( -l with zi lever 14 for operfitinglhe ffiiiie.lilith when the rod is in its rearward pusiliofy genr 2 unil (3 beingoui; of gear, is suing. e lo engage und be held or locked by the i r l5.The rod r3 of the lower bra-@kei milc for llupurpose of serving as :iguide for the sl luole journal and is noil .intended ed with. :i lever0r other operaiolo A ing inn-zine.

lxed on the end of the shorI e. link l5 is pli'nted horizon ilel oipll.le ends iivoted to the erin .he liii lli.

'The heiifll' li und 'flil 1S, preferably lLwoin miur bei. nre mieliinoiinted on zi. Vertical shaft 19,

which in i'. is rotntively mounted in a sleeve 20, por id in brackets2l, fixed to the zinteniobile iframe.

i :iii int below seid ilerzilly-proieetiiig l .1 lll il alruii'iiigs.iii which like reference 'il'lie upper purl of the Shaft 19 is providedl in constant engagement with the curved edge of the sleeve, said spiralsprings serving to provide or compensate for any vertical movement ofthe shaft and also to automatically return the headlights to theirnormal positions facing forward` The lower' end of each of the sl...fts19 is provided with a lug 2G, the shaft at the left hand side of theautomobile being provided with a lug 27, and 28 is a laterally-extendingrod pivotally connected to said lug 2G, a link 2S) beingr provided, oneend pivoted to the lug 27 and the other end to the link 1G.

The operation of thedevice is so evident that it is not thoughtnecessary to recitethe same. Y

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the specificdetails of .construction and arrangement as herein described andillustrated as it is manifest that variations a-nd modifications may bemade in the features of construction and arrangement in the adaptationof the device to 'arious conditions of use without departing from thespirit and scope of myinvention and improvenient-s. I therefore reservethe right to all such variations and modifications as properly fallwithin the scope of my invention and the terms of the following claims.

Ha ving thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In aheadlightcontroller, vertical shafts having headlights,V means forallowing said shafts to move vertically, a steeringshaft, a vertical.shaft, slidable spring-controlled journals 'in which said sha-ft ismounted, gears operatively connecting said shafts, a gear on the lowerend of said vertical shaft, a horizontal shaft having a gear 2. In aheadlight-e0ntroller, vertical Vshafts having headlights, asteering-shaft having' a gear, a vertical shaft provided with a gear atits upper end meshing with the gear on the steering-shaft, a gear on itslower end, brackets each provided with a slidable bearing in which thesaid vertical shaft is mounted, Springs for retaining said verticalshaft in its normal position and means for slidingr said journals anddisconnecting the verti'cal shaft from the steeringshaftand means foroperatively connecting the vertical shaft with the shafts of theheadlight..

3. In a headlight-controller` rotatable headlights, asteering-shaft,brackets having recesses, bearings slidablfv7 mounted in 'said recesses,a vertical shaft ,operatively connected to the steering-shaft androtatably mounted in'said slidable bearings. springs for retaining saidbearings in their normal forward positions, means for sliding saidbearings rearwardly and causing the vertical shaft to be disconnectedfrom the steeringshaft and means for operatively connecting the saidvertical shaft with the headlights.

In testimony whereof I have sigiied my name to this specification in thepresence of `two subscribing- \\'itnesses.

Lil-W'l lt. IHVARTI.

\\'itnesses:

ll. l". hic( KA'riiAiuNn hUssELL.

